Flow instability in a curved duct of rectangular cross section

Journal of Fluids Engineering, Transactions of the ASME

Volumn 114, Issue 4, 1992, Pages 585-592

  Belaidi, A ^a   Johnson, M W ^a   Humphrey, J A C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANEMOMETERS; BOUNDARY LAYERS; DUCTS; FLOW MEASUREMENT; OSCILLATIONS; STABILITY; TRANSITION FLOW; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT; VORTEX FLOW; WALL FLOW;

BEND ANGLE; CENTRIFUGAL INSTABILITY; CURVATURE RATIO; CURVED DUCT; DEAN VORTICES; INSTABILITY FREQUENCY; RECTANGULAR CROSS SECTION; REYNOLDS NUMBER; TIME PERIODIC MOTION;

FLOW OF FLUIDS;

DUCTS; FLOW STABILITY; LAMINAR/TURBULENT TRANSITIONS; VORTICES;

EID: 0026975831     PISSN: 00982202     EISSN: 1528901X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2910071     Document Type: Article

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